Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Chewsday in Y5.5!

Hi Folks,Well a lot of chewing did go on today, as we did have the North House bake sale, so I thought I'd go with 'Chewsday' instead of the rather predictable 'Tuesday'. No? Oh well...

I was really pleased with the Pandora's Box stories yesterday. I think that particular story grabbed a lot of people's attention. Great retelling! DO have a look at the web site on Myths and Legends and listen to a few more when you get spare time. Those of you who have been on the site have told you how good the stories are.

Wasn't it funny about yesterday's probability homework. Will there be a storm tonight? We hardly EVER get storms, but last night, we DID!! That's one important thing to remember about probability. It often depends on who you are, or where you are as to the likelihood of events.

A special mention and well done to Maria, Sabrina and Luke who actually did the WHOLE task and came up with their own 10 suggested comments to decide the likelihood of. However, 3 out of 21 (one seventh) is not good in terms of a perfect homework record!!!I can see I am going to need to clamp down on a few people(you know who you are!), and I'm not saying a WORD about the spelling homework!

Today please do PCM page 42. We have pre-decided on the numbers in the boxes. This is to help me make sure we get a spread of 1 digit numbers (and 10) used on the multiplication questions. Not to mention the fact that we can check everyone's work at the same time. I'm not daft you know!

Reading and Reading Logtasks. Please work on these tonight, I will have a look tomorrow. Now, let's see who reads this and takes it in... As you know, I won't be here next week, so I WILL be giving you new books tomorrow and helping you select appropriate tasks, but these are for the NEXT school week (to work on from Saturday 29th. Jan to Wednesday 2nd Feb.). You will get more new books/tasks NEXT Wednesday(2nd Feb).Does that make sense?

Spelling test tomorrow. They were quite hard this week, so good luck revising the words.

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Goodbye Hannah

It was Hannah's last day in Y5 today. I wish her a wonderful summer and all the best for Year 6.

Pupil(s) of the Week

You are ALL Pupils of the Week this week. Thanks for making my very last Outdoor Ed. week at BISJ such a great one!

This Week's Golden Book!

Nizar faced his fears at the beach this week. He was nervous from the very first leap into the sea, but he ended up going snorkelling and kayaking around the island and beyond and had a thoroughly enjoyable week. Well done Nizar.

What am I reading to the class?

Scream Street - The Skull of the Skeleton. It's a bit funny and a bit weird, a bit scary and a bit witty, but overall hugely entertaining! . Therefore, I hope you'll agree it's a perfect book to finish the year. A book to remind you of your teacher!!! LOL!!! Not to mention that the main character is called Luke Watson who is a ten year old. Almost Luke Wilson from our class. SPOOKY!!!! (but I don't think Luke Wilson turns into a werewolf when it's a full moon!)

How many days until we say goodbye to Y5?

Get ahead by researching the new ITU!

PLANTS and FEELINGS

We will be learning about the life cycle of plants from how seeds grow, all the way through the life of the plant and how they make more seeds including how the seeds are dispersed differently by different plants. We will also look at the parts of flowering plants and the jobs each parts do.

In Feelings we will be talking about our own emotions, plus looking at Art and Music which stimulate different emotional responses. It's a 'touchy feely' topic. My favourite!

Mystery Question #16

Here you go...

Which famous artist had a 'Blue Period' during his painting career where many of his paintings reflected his sadness at that time in his life? Do you know what made him feel so 'blue'?

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About Me

Teacher of Y5.5 and Coordinator of Year 5, this is my fifth year at BISJ and my 20th year of teaching. I started my career in the London Boroughs of Redbridge and Tower Hamlets where I worked in a Junior School and a large Primary School for seven years in total. I then moved overseas and taught in Kuwait for 8 years, before moving to Jeddah in 2006. I have two children at BISJ attending the Primary Department in Y1 and Y3 and my husband also teaches in Year 5.
My hobbies include theatre, especially musicals, singing, dancing and acting and I am looking forward to starting the year with my new class!